Hiya guys,

Can I just ask a personal question?

How much (roughly) are you zetec boys spending on your donors? I've been looking for months now for a donor but the cheapest one I've seen round my way was sold for £4000 and I'm a bit reluctant to spend that sort of money for a 2nd+ hand engine.

Am I being totally unrealistic looking for something cheaper?

P.S. What Rovers were the K series engines in? How do they compare both in price and quality to zetecs?

[Edited on 20/2/06 by DorsetStrider]

Paid £125 for mine "2.0L silver top phase 2

You can buy a complete new engine from trust electrical for less than £1000....

engines on e-bay typically vary from £50-£150 for silvertops.

any particular reason you're looking for a complete donor?

Surely old Mk 1 Mondeo's go for peanuts anywhere? If not, tell me where you live and I'll go buy a £500 mondy bring it up your way and flog it for a £3.5k profit....

I've read you can get brand new ones from Ford for £1200, but I doubt they have a full set of ancilliaries. A mk1 Mondeo with an MOT shouldn't cost much more than £500... without an MOT they are £2-300. Try adtrader or loot websites there always seem to be plenty about.

Rovers with K series are about the same money. Rover 200/400 would be a good donor.

I need the full donor because apart from the engine I will also need gearbox, rad, pipes etc.

on ebay mondeo going in salisbury (35 miles from me) for £800 with 6 days left to go. And it has no tax, or mot so can't get it home without a trailer which I aint got :O(

Might start looking for rover donors or put an ad in the local free ads.

Unless you're building a midi the gearbox from a mondeo will be useless (Transverse FWD). Little problem to bolt up to a type 9 or MT75 from a sierra though. There are some other bits and pieces you need to sort for inline RWD (thermostat?)

Not sure what (if anything) Ford used the Zetec for in RWD.

For K series you will need a type 9 gearbox from a sierra and a bellhousing to join them together.


Try going to www.adtrader.co.uk and www.loot.co.uk sticking you postcode and mondeo into the search box, see what you get.

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Originally posted by DorsetStrider
I need the full donor because apart from the engine I will also need gearbox, rad, pipes etc.

on ebay mondeo going in salisbury (35 miles from me) for £800 with 6 days left to go. And it has no tax, or mot so can't get it home without a trailer which I aint got :O(

Might start looking for rover donors or put an ad in the local free ads.

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For the record I'm after a FWD engine/gearbox as it is a midi Ii'm building.

Will give adtrader a go as well me thinks. Pity there is no WANTED section on ebay.

You can put a wanted add on there. Just list it as a normal thing but state its wanted.

I paid 50 quid for my engine. Theres always complete engine and boxes on ebay for less that 200 quid.

Are u willing to travel to collect? I know someone with an l reg 1.8 mondeo estate he wants rid of for very little money located in ipswich. Not sure if he still has it though.

My mondeo 2.0 was £200. But I sold the engine because I'm using a K series! Lighter than a zetec apparently.

In Novemember I bought a very clean original 96 reg Mondeo for 250+auction fees for son in law all it needed was a wishbone and the headlights cleaned for an MOT. Has run perfectly ever since.

Does it have to be a mondeo ?

I would think an 1800 zetec escort would be cheaper, just a thought

I've got a 1.8 Mondeo estate you can have for £80, delivered to the ferry in Yarmouth. Meet you in Lymington.

No tax or MOT, but good strong engine/box.
Syd.

Fully dressed engines go for £75 at the local scrap yard.

[Edited on 21/2/06 by Syd Bridge]